Castle Hayne Formation
290 distinct taxa, from 760 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 56–34 Mya.
North Carolina · US
290 taxa · 760 fossils · 56–34 MyaFiled under the Claiborne Group. Members recorded: Comfort, Spring Garden.
Macrostrat dates this rock 43–40 Ma. Macrostrat’s own record
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44 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.
When
What has been found
- Chlamys
- Periarchus lyelli
- Echinolampas appendiculata
- Cypraea
- Chlamys cookei
- Plicatoria wilmingtonensis
- Rhyncholampas carolinensis
- Gigantostrea trigonalis
- Cidaris pratti
- Arca
- Cubitostrea sellaeformis
- Maretia
- Linthia hanoverensis
- Chama
- Crassatella
- Linthia wilmingtonensis
- Eurhodia rugosa ideali
- Marginella
- Spondylus lamellacea
- Xenophora
- Druidia wilsoni
- Eutrephoceras carolinensis
- Fusinus
- Basilosauridae
- Bryozoa
- Caricella
- Chlamys cushmani
- Chlamys deshayesii
- Conus
- Crassatella uvasana
- Echinocyamus parvus
- Eupatagus carolinensis
- Lophoranina raynorae
- Lucina
- Macrocallista
- Pachycetus wardii
- Pecten
- Pleurotomaria
- Protoscutella conradi
- Agassizia (Anisaster) wilmingtonica
The 40 most often recorded, of 290.
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.